Efficient and Scalable Data Pipelines: The Core of Data Processing in Gig Economy Platforms

Task economy is characterized by fast demand variation and heterogeneous data generated from different sources. Platforms operating in this space require real-time analytics to influence decision-making and improve service offerings, so fast and effective data processing is critical. We introduce a detailed framework to build over effective and scalable data hardware for gig economy platforms at scale in this paper. We propose a new modular architecture that addresses the systematic management of processing tasks and the seamless integration of individual data sources. It combines processing techniques of streaming and batch to elevate the data movement and reduce delay.By using microservices architecture, the framework enables the independent deployment of components, which increases its flexibility and robustness. Using substantial benchmarking metrics on real-world datasets allows for implementation speedups and resource consumption compared to classical methods while still allowing gig-economy platforms to hand-click large amounts of data and adapt quickly to changing market conditions while minimizing storage costs.

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2025-02-21
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https://doi.org/10.1145/3732365.3732398
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Time Series Analysis and Forecasting
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Efficient and Scalable Data Pipelines: The Core of Data Processing in Gig Economy Platforms

J. Chen
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Time Series Analysis and Forecasting
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Efficient and Scalable Data Pipelines: The Core of Data Processing in Gig Economy Platforms

J. Chen
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Abstract

Task economy is characterized by fast demand variation and heterogeneous data generated from different sources. Platforms operating in this space require real-time analytics to influence decision-making and improve service offerings, so fast and effective data processing is critical. We introduce a detailed framework to build over effective and scalable data hardware for gig economy platforms at scale in this paper. We propose a new modular architecture that addresses the systematic management of processing tasks and the seamless integration of individual data sources. It combines processing techniques of streaming and batch to elevate the data movement and reduce delay.By using microservices architecture, the framework enables the independent deployment of components, which increases its flexibility and robustness. Using substantial benchmarking metrics on real-world datasets allows for implementation speedups and resource consumption compared to classical methods while still allowing gig-economy platforms to hand-click large amounts of data and adapt quickly to changing market conditions while minimizing storage costs.

Columbia University (US)
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Time Series Analysis and Forecasting
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